The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder and assigned a 30 percent initial rating for the left knee disability. The decision also found that the veteran's pre-existing right knee disorder was aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran's service-connected left knee disability caused aggravation of his pre-existing right knee disorder, warranting a grant of service connection for the right knee disorder and an initial rating for the left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disability, Right Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0303993
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